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Originally Posted by ibelieveyouoweme$80k
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Also did not like the rule about how the button moved. Basically you can lose your UTG hand and be in the big blind one hand earlier than you should be if the person who was supposed to be on the button gets up. Not sure if I explained that well.
We have this rule in my local casino and I think it works quite well. Who cares if you miss your UTG hand?
Basically the button always moves, and the blinds always adjust for this. So lets say the small blinds busts out and leaves and so there's no player to be the button next hand. The button moves to the player who had been the big blind, and he posts the small on the button, and this hand will be played small/big/big. Then the next hand would be small on the button again, small/small/big. Then the next hand would be normal.
This system is better because
a) the pots are bigger. Instead of playing a pot that has no small blind, you play a pot that has an extra big blind
b) nobody gets the button 2 hands in a row.
Once you get used to it it's very easy. I love it when you get random weird stuff like a hand with 3 big blinds.
Also: I liked your story. I've driven across the US a few times, and worked many poker stops in along the way. I never end up making half the stops I plan on making, but that just means they're there for another trip another year.